Folding chair



Aug 18, 1925. 1,550,628

' J. H. PATTERSON FOLDING CHAIR Filed April 25, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ,2 James Pa zzezas'ozz Aug. 18, 1925.

1 550,628 J. H. PATTERSON ,FOLDING CHAIR Filed April 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 James H. Pa tzers on Patented Aug. 18, 1925.

UNITED "STATES JAMES H. PATTERSON, OF WICH ITA, KANSAS.

FOLDING CHAIR.

Application filed April 25, 1924. Serial No. 708,953.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, JAMES H. PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Wichita, county of Sedgwick, and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Chairs, of which the following is a specification, refer= ence being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application,

My invention relates to folding chairs, used for camping purposes.

The object of my invention is to provide a chair that would fold into a small compact package, and a further object of my in vention is to provide a folding chair, with all component parts firmly attached together, avoiding the loss or misplacement of any of the parts.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a side view of the chair, being set up in position for use. Fig. 2 is a top of Fig.1. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4 is a side view of the V chair when folded.

The component parts of my folding chair consist of a pair of legs at each end being pivotally connected near, the center in an X shape when placed in its engaging position, and the said legs being connected by a cross bar to which a canvas or other flexible ma-' terial is firmly attached, the said members are braced by bars placed diagonally across the corners, the parts briefly referred to will be more clearly described as follows:

1 is a straight leg hingedly connectedto a bar 2, by means of a hinge 3, said hinge having wings 4 adapted to clasp the ends of the leg and bar, and attached firmly by means of rivets or screws, 5 and 5' constitute the adjacent leg, said members are rigidly attached by means of a 2 bar 6, one being placed on each side thereof, the leg 1, passing between said bars, and the two legs are pivotally connected by a pin 7, when the said legs are in position as shown in Fig. 3 the ends of legs 5 and 5 as at 8, will engage firmly on opposite sides of each other on leg 1, by which means a stop is provided and the parallel alignment of the members 5 and 5 are spaced so that whenthe said legs are folded, following the dotted lines A, said proved folding stool frame.

legs will engage closely together and parallel with each other, the legs on the opposite end are made in like manner but connected to the bar 2 by means of a hinge 8, positioned so that said legs will fold under said bars, following the dotted lines B, the first described legs will fold on the opposite side of bar 2, following dotted lines C, said legs are braced at right angles to the bar 2, by means of brace members 9 and 9, memher 9 being pivotally attached by means of a screw 10, the opposite end of said brace member having a notch 11 adapted to en gage over a screw 12, to disengage said member for folding purpose, the end of said member will follow dotted line D, disengaging with screw 12. V

. Inspection of F 1 will show that the hinge 3-4 is specially designed for my im- The cars 4 embrace the leg 1 and are riveted to it. These ears are formed with abutting edges cut at angles of degrees, thus forming what may be termed a mitre joint.

The legs on the opposite end are braced by means of bar 9 having a toggle joint 13 with engaging shoulders 14 so that the said bar will break one way only following dotted line E allowing said legs to fold as heretofore described, saidbrace member being pivotally attached to bar 2, and leg 5 by means of screws 15,. 16 is a canvas or other the edges of which lap over side bars 2 and are firmly attached thereto by means of tacks 17. 18 is a strap firmly attached to leg 5, said strap functioning as tying means to hold said chair firmly together when folded. In Fig. 4 is shown the position of the at one end with a special hinge; each of said hinges consisting of two channeled leaves of U shaped sectional form having lateral ears, the abutting lateral ears of each flexible material functioning as the seat, Q

cited in claim 1, a second leg supporting the opposite end of each seat bar, and an ordinary leaf hinge secured to the lower side of the seat bar and to the inner side of said second le to permit the latter to fold upon the lower side of the associated seat bar.

JAMES H. PATTERSON. 

